§ 1710.
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§ 1710. Foreign support agreement
(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsections
(c)and
(d)of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State.
(b)An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
(1)a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
(2)a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
(c)A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
(d)In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
(1)recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
(2)the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
(3)the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this title in this State; or
(4)the record submitted under subsection
(b)of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.
(e)A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)